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Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role as Ben in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. He was director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He was the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Duane Jones,…
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- It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead — Ben2026
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies — Self - (archive footage)2025
- Night of Horror in Brazil — Ben (Archive footage)2023
- Synthwave Horror: Night Of The Living Dead — Ben2018
- Autopsy of the Dead — Self (archival footage)2009
- The American Nightmare — Self2000
- Halloween Monster Bash — Ben (archive footage)1991
- Fright House — Charles Harmon1989
- To Die For — Simon Little1988
- Creepy Classics — Ben - (archive footage)1987
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Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role as Ben in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. He was director of the Maguire Theater at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. He was the artistic director of the Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art in Manhattan. He was born on February 2, 1936, and he had a sister, Marva Jones Brooks.[2] A graduate of the Sorbonne, Jones studied acting in New York City. <a href="https://w
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- human
- Given name
- Duane
- Family name
- Jones
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Mineola
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Employer
- State University of New York
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Duane Jones as Ben in Night of the Living Dead bw.jpg
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- Duane Jones
- date of birth
- 1937-04-11
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 1988-07-22
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- Duane Jones
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- Duane Jones
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